@Article{hmt.v2.4.3005,
AUTHOR = {A. Valan Arasu, Agus P. Sasmito, Arun S. Mujumdar},
TITLE = {THERMAL PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF PARAFFIN WAX  WITH AL<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> AND CuO NANOPARTICLES – A NUMERICAL STUDY},
JOURNAL = {Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer},
VOLUME = {2},
YEAR = {2011},
NUMBER = {4},
PAGES = {1--7},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/fhmt/v2n4/55753},
ISSN = {2151-8629},
ABSTRACT = {The heat transfer enhancement of paraffin wax, a cheap and widely used latent heat thermal energy storage material, using nanoparticles is 
investigated. The effects of nanoparticle volume fraction on both the melting and solidification rates of paraffin wax are analysed and compared for 
Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and CuO nanoparticles. Present results show that dispersing nanoparticles in smaller volumetric fractions increase the heat transfer rate. The 
enhancement in thermal performance of paraffin wax is greater for Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> compared with that for CuO nanoparticles.},
DOI = {10.5098/hmt.v2.4.3005}
}